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About Keelamathur Village

Keelamathur is a mid sized village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,570, made up of 760 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelamathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelamathur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Sirkali
Pincode 609116
Area (hectares) 384.78 hectares
Population 1,570
Male Population 760
Female Population 810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Keelamathur compares

By the 2011 count Keelamathur is the 70th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 384.78 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Keelamathur

Keelamathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keelamathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keelamathur from other places

Keelamathur lies about 32 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Keelamathur
Nearest railway station Peralam Junction 6.9 km
Nearest town Mayiladuthurai 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirkali 26 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 32 km

Villages closest to Keelamathur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sirkali tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Keelamathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelamathur village had a population of 1,570. That makes it the 70th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Keelamathur village has 760 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelamathur has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Keelamathur is 609116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelamathur covers 384.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelamathur falls under Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelamathur is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keelamathur.

Keelamathur is about 32 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelamathur is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Peralam Junction is about 6.9 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 12 km away. Sirkali is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neppathur (under 2 km), Kadhiramangalam (3.5 km) and Keelaiyur (15 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Keelamathur today is likely to be higher.

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